Toy animal



Oct. 15, 1929. H. s. HITCHCOCK 1,731,925

TOY ANIMAL Filed July 28, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l av Aw.

ATTORNEY Oct. 15, 1929. s, HITCHQQQK 1,731,925

TOY ANIMAL Filed July 28, 1927 42 Sheets-r5110 2 ATTORNEY Patented Oct.15, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HELEN SABGENT HITCHGOClK, OF NEWYORK, N. Y.

TOY ANIMAL Application filed July 28, 1927. Serial No. 208,909.

sections-or sheets of relatively thin material of any suitable kind, ascardboard, wood, metal, or artificial substance; each toy animal, as acat, elephant, dog, camel, or the like, consisting of a plurality ofseparable members, many of which are interchangeable between thediflerent animals, so that the head or haunch or other part of one maybe exchanged for that of another, as the head of a cat for the head ofanelephant, and so on, the resulting figure being an amusing mongrel ormonstrosity which will excite Wonder and comment for the childishimagination; and further in order that the simulated animal members maybe able to stand erect notwithstanding the thin pieces of which theyconsist, certain of the members are attached to the others at right orother angles so that said members occupy two planes. By thus having theplural members of the toy animals detachable from each other, and usingsuitable connecting means adapted to enable them to be recombined andreattached in a great variety of novel forms, I offer a toy .puzzle orcomplex of charm and attractiveness, besides aliording an educationalbenefit,

in zoological lines.

With these and other objects and purposes in view, and upon this generalstatement of means, the invention may be further said to consistessentially in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,substantially as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating my invention:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a toy elephant.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a toy cat.

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the same.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a toy camel.

Figure 6 is a side elevation of the same.

Figure 7 is a plan view of the elephant as shown in Figure 1.

FigureS is a detail view of all the parts of the toy elephantdisassembled.

Figure 9 is a view of a composite toy made up of parts of a camel, a catand an elephant.

Figure 10 is a view of a composite toy animal made up of parts of anelephant and camel.

. Like characters of reference denote like parts in all the figures ofthe drawing.

To explain my invention I have portrayed a cat, an elephant and a camel,merely as examples, each made up of separable members, which areinterchangeable.

.1 denotes the body of an elephant; a front member attached to the body1 at right angles thereto has head 4 and front legs 5, 5; a rear member2 attached to body 1 in a plane at right angles thereto has hind legs 3,3. The body 1 has rear tenons 13 and 14 which enter slots 18 and 19 inrear member 2, and tenon 13 is longer so as to project through slot 18far enough to permit tail 12 to be pivoted thereto. And body 1 has alsothe front tenons 11 and 10 that enter slots 8 and 17 in the head 4, thetenon 10 being longer than tenon 11 so as to project far enough throughthe slot 17 to allow the trunk 9 tobe pivoted thereto. Elephant head 4is provided with ears 6, 6, having projections 7, 7, adapted to enterslots 16 head 4 and be removably held therein by suitable pins 21. Thusitwill be seen how the elephant can be taken apart.

The toy cat is-similarly made. The body 15 is attached to the head 20which is a part of a front member having feet 22, 22, and also to a rearmember 23, having hind feet 24. The front member has slots in the head20 to receive the tenons 29 and 31, one of the slots, as 30, receivintenon 31, while the other tenon 29 is preferably longer. Also head 20has ears 25, provided with projections 26 that enter the suitablenotches in the head and are held removably in place by pins 27. The rearmember 23 has slots to receive the tenons 50 and 51, said tenon 50 beingthe longer so that tail 28 can be pivoted thereon.

Also the toy camel is made up of separable parts. Its body 32 with ahump 33, is proin the front member 34 formed with lefilf.

Also dy these parts to be exchanged, as for example,

vided with tenons 41 and 43 that enter slots The slot 42 is entered bytenon 41.

32 has rear tenons 39 and entering slots in rear member 36 which isprovided with hind legs 37; and tenon 40 here is longer so that the tail38 may be pivoted thereto. The head 46 of the camel is tenoned at-47 tothe long neck which is pivoted to front tenon 43 by It will be readilyseen how one or more of the parts of these animals may be exchanged forsimilar parts of the other toys; and how a multitude of new combinationsmay be effected for the re-assembling and recombining of the members maybe extensive. Of course the cat, camel, and elephant are only examplesof animals-that may be used, for I can utilize any number or kind of thesame.

1n Fi res 7, 9 and 10, I show how the interchan ea ility of the parts iseflected, and how I pro uce the specimen of unreal or ima nary animalfigures that result from the nove combinations of the separable parts.Thus in Figure 9 we have a creature with the body, haunch and hind legsof a camel, the head and fo'relegs of a cat, the trunk and ears of anelephant. And in Figure 10 I offer an imaginary quadruped having thebody, head, ears and front legs of an elephant, with the rear legs andlong neck and head of a camel.

. Fantastic shapes and forms result from interconnected and separableparts of flat thin material, one part representin the body and otherparts representin the ront and hind legs 0 an animal, sai front and hindleg members each having a air of legs made in one piece respectively t efront leg member carrying the head of the animal, and the front and hindleg members, bein detachably connected to the body at rig t anglesthereto to enable the toy animal to keep an upright position, saiddetachable connection consisting of tenons on the body member and. slotsin the front and hind leg members adapted to be entered b said tenons,together with means for ho ding the tenons in the slots.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature HELEN SARGENTHITCHCOGK.

making up the .toy creatures in this way, but

they fascinate and attract the childish mind so as to furnish not onlyamusement but instruction. Some effective means for enabling the tenonsand slots, is of course necessary, and it is essentialthat the animalscorrespond more or less in size at the j unctures in so far as thenecessary fitting is involved.

- For example, when the front member 34 of the camel is disconnectedfrom camel body '32, thecat front member 20 may be substltuted, as inFigure 9, and the elephants ears 6, 6, may replace the cats ears 25. Orthe neck 45 of the camel may be attached to the front of the elephantsface 4 in place of tive of size and shape; It is an important trunk 9,as in Figure 10; and so on, and so on, in a great variety of wa s.

My invention is not con ed to mammals or vertebrates, but ma be extendedto include all the members 0 the animal kingdom, meaning to includebirds and fishes. All s ecies are included, and all forms, irrespecpointthat the head and body, or other parts,

occup planes at right angles to each other,

, to ma e the animal more lifelike and to enable it to stand upri ht.Further the tenons may be without oles for ins, or may have singleholes, or two-way ho es for different uses in different combinations.

What I claim, is: A toy animal, composed of a plurality of

